netdev - Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: dwmac-imx: pause the TXC clock in fixed-link

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Message-ID: <ZMIxx2TkW2Ry4AoR@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:58:47 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Shenwei Wang <shenwei.wang@....com>
Cc: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
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	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>,
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	Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
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	Frank Li <frank.li@....com>
Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: dwmac-imx: pause the TXC clock in
 fixed-link

On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 07:17:59PM +0000, Shenwei Wang wrote:
> > Because of_phy_is_fixed_link() has to chase various pointers, walk the child
> > nodes and do a string compare on each, whereas you could just be testing an
> > integer!
> >
> 
> I don't think It's worth the effort to change the definition of fix_mac_speed across all platforms,
> because the function is only called once when the interface is up.

If you look at Feiyang Chen's patch set, then his first patch of his
set adds a pointer to struct stmmac_priv to a whole bunch of callbacks
used between the stmmac core and the various implementations.

If you're not willing to do it, then I will send a patch instead.

I don't see what the problem is.

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